PIPELINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PIPELINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIPELINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIPELINE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIPELINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIPELINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PIPELINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PIPELINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PIPELINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long pipe, often underground, that carries oil, gas or water over a distance.
Beyond the physical pipe, pipeline is used for any chain of steps through which goods or work flow, such as a project pipeline in business. In computing it names a series of processing stages, and surfers use it for a famous hollow wave.
How PIPELINE is used
Pipeline is used literally for pipes and figuratively for any flow of work.
- The new pipeline carries natural gas across the mountains.
- There are three films in the studio pipeline this year.
- Each stage of the software pipeline checks the data.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIPELINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIPELINE
2 longer words begin with PIPELINE.
Shorter words from the letters in PIPELINE
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Common questions about PIPELINE
- Is PIPELINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIPELINE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIPELINE worth?
- PIPELINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIPELINE mean?
- A long pipe, often underground, that carries oil, gas or water over a distance.
- What letters can be added to PIPELINE?
- PIPELINE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PIPELINE:
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